# Shevchenko (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/shevchenko/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Ukrainian

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Ukrainian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,027 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,388 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 300,629 people |
| Change since 2000 | +73% (595 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ʃeɪvˈtʃɛnkɔː/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Ukrainian Шевче́нко (Ševčénko).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Shevchenko in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 99% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Shevchenko in the Soviet Union and Belarus.

## People named Shevchenko

- Yelena Shevchenko, artistic gymnast
- Yevgeniy Shevchenko, Belarusian footballer

## Similar surnames

Speakman, Sevigny, Spagnola, Spagnuolo, Spigner, Spackman.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.